I Hate Computers
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Ok, a serious answer now: Computers suck. They trick you into thinking that they are fun and powerful machines, and then one day you look at it wrong and suddenly you are in P a i n ! Cleaning up other people's machines is a frustrating experience. I shudder to think i might someday even know of all the knooks and crannies in Windows where bogus settings and sneaky mal-ware hide. Much less have the time to spend cleaning them. I'd sooner iron a prune. X| Once such a machine is identified, you should immediately back up all the user data you can find. Then fdisk, format, and re-install everything. And yes, either make sure they have their install disks up front, or ensure the copies you're installing can't be traced back to you.
A servant to formulaic ways.
Shog9
Aliens ?
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Shoot, I wish I'd thought of this sooner, but my Halloween costume next year will be this shirt[^] :cool: --Mike-- Ericahist [updated Oct 26] | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber #include "witty-quote.h"
I'm actually really tempted by that :-) ThinkGeek rocks.
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^] Blog [^]
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More specifically, I hate Windows. I've spent most of tonight at a neighbours house fixing their daughters PC. I'm sure you've all seen it, a PC so full of junk apps and 'Search toolbars' and other crap that its impossible to clean up. Then there are the core windows problems of corrupt registry keys etc... You try to fix and fiddle, but when you fix one thing you open up another problem that couldn't emerge 'cause the last problem was stopping it. I eventually got rid of most of the spyware etc... and AOL :-) The computer doesn't crash as much as it used to, however there is a core problem with IExplore that just can't be fixed without a reinstall. Not only that, there is still a lot of spyware that i can't locate. Not to mention other niggling problems with the operating system as a whole. The answer would naturally be a re-install...simple you might think, re install windows and keep all the files...no such luck. THey bought the PC from PC World. So they got no discs for the OS or other stuff, thus I can't re-install windows without using one of my discs, which isn't legal. I know its not stopped me before, but this isn't one of my machines, I can't simply start putting illigal software on someone elses machines. Anyway, i'm a little tired and very wired, and they want me to come back next week to look at the brothers PC. You'd probably say to me to get them to pay me for this. But I'm supposed to be doing this guy's website and i've not managed to get anywhere with domain disputes and what not so I kinda owe him the favour. The moral of this tale is: Windows is secure, but only as secure as the user, if the user clicks OK to a web dialog that says 'Do you want to install software X' then the software can do whatever it likes to your PC.' But how can you explain to Joe Public that you are not to click Yes to anything that you don't understand!! :mad: So if you don't mind I'm going to my room to cry. :((
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^] Blog [^]
You should be thankful the girl didn't have Linux installed. :)
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution - Robert Sewell